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Blog postI'm so thrilled that BABY, narrated by my wonderful friend Brandon Short (he introduced me to my hubby—they were roommates back in the day!) is now available on audiobook!
Grab this great one now on AUDIBLE (other vendors coming soon)
Baby. Don’t let the name fool you.
Being Linear Tactical's easiest-going younger brother has never been a problem for Baby Bollinger. He likes people. He likes laughing. He likes life.
But he has secrets buried deep under his charm -
Blog postThe Janie Crouch store is NOW OPEN! Signed paperbacks, apparel, mugs... And the "I believe in heroes, but I can save myself" gear is a romance reader's dream!
Start your shopping today!
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Blog postThe Great Pyramids of Giza! Egypt has always been #1 on my Bucket List of things to experience. So I was thrilled when the opportunity arose for us to go! We traveled to Cairo first, seeing the pyramids, Sphinx and Egyptian Museum (King Tut's treasures). Then went on to Luxor to see the ancient ruins, temples and tombs. Finally ended our trip at the resort town of Marsa Alam on the Red Sea.
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Blog postFAQs about My Writing Process
1. How do you come up with your ideas?
Honestly, ideas come from me different ways. Usually it starts from ONE THING and grows
from there. The ONE THING can be a picture, a song, a quote, a scenario that pops up in my head...then grows and I start wrapping more and more plot around it until I finally have a story. (see info about my pre-writing process HERE). I also get a lot of ideas from TV, books, movies, current events, talks with my k -
Blog postEver wonder what I do BEFORE I sit down and start putting words in at my computer?
A lot of plotting and planning!
Many authors call themselves "pantsers" because they write by the seat of their pants. They sit down and just let the story take them where it will.
That is definitely NOT my process. I like to plot things out pretty carefully before I actually start writing.
I liken it to the fact that I would not start driving across the United States wi -
Blog postI SURVIVED THE FIRE & ICE ULTRAMARATHON!
Barely.
Until I have time to get something more permanent up, here are the daily reports I made on the race:
Day 0 - https://www.facebook.com/janiecrouch/posts/2905758812772757
Day 1 - https://www.facebook.com/janiecrouch/posts/2908126402535998
Day 1 Videos (tent nearly blowing down) - https://www.facebook.com/janiekingcrouch/posts/3156284767735350
Day 2 - https://www.facebook.com/janiecrouch/posts/291 -
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Blog postMy partner in crime for the FIRE & ICE ULTRAMARATHON is definitely the best part about this adventure.
This probably won't be exciting to anyone, but I wanted to give proof of the long line of bad-decision-making we come from. ❤️
Megan and I have known each other for over 20 years. We lived in the same neighborhood when our kids were young...her daughters were the first (and only) people to ever call me a princess. To this day, I'm still Princess Janie to them.
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Blog post(if for some reason you don't know, I'm running the Fire & Ice Ultramarathon Aug 26-31, 2019. Read more about the race here) This photo showed up on my Facebook news feed the other day:
My first thought was: that's pretty profound.
Okay, actually, my first thought was: where are the opening quotation marks?
But my second thought was, that's pretty profound. (Well...after wondering if that was actually the best picture for that quote? Is the guy about to jump?)
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Blog postY’all. I joke a lot about this race…about vodka and toilets and toenails.
Let me tell you something I don’t joke about.
Have you ever gotten that call in the middle of the night? The one no one ever EVER wants to get?
My friend Megan messaged me in the middle of the night in November 2017, just a month before we were to leave to go to Everest Base Camp, with the news that her 15-year-old stepson had died in an ATV accident.
You guys. I’m a mom of 4, so you know -
Blog post1. Tell me what exactly this is again... It's a 150 mile (250 km) race across Iceland, taking place Aug 26-31, 2019. Technically, it's what's called a multi-stage, self-sustaining ultramarathon.
What do those words actually mean? That it's 1) multiple days, 2) carrying our own stuff in a backpack, and 3) a crap-ton of miles.
The route is sort of secret because the race coordinators don't know what it will be until they get on site in Iceland (which they did this week) and see -
Blog postWanted to share this because I think it's important to include both the positive and negative parts of training for something like the FIRE & ICE ULTRAMARATHON. And the last couple of weeks almost everything having to do with the race have been...bad. Like, really bad.
My bestie Megan (my Trouble Twin also doing the race with me) officially reached the part of the training and preparation where everything just sucks.
Everything hurts.
Everything causes a panic atta -
Blog postOne of the biggest challenges of the Fire & Ice Ultramarathon is calories and nutrition. I have to carry in my pack enough food for walking/running 25 miles/day for six days. All that will end up making up about 1/3 of my pack weight (around 8.5 lbs).
The Fire & Ice race coordinators provide us all our water (hot and cold) as well as the tents. Everything else gets carried in the packs. As you can imagine, carrying all your food for both 6 days of camping, plus running/walking -
Blog post10 weeks out from my Fire & Ice Ultramarathon. I spent some time this week working out everything that has to fit in my pack.
Spoiler alert: it wasn't pretty.
Here's a video of it all before I tried to pack it all:
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1. Backpack capable of carrying all compulsory items
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Blog postA friend sent me this:
This is like a literal picture of me. I am the worst in the world about stretching. I start running and then run and then stop running. Anything else has always been a waste of time to me.
But, alas, I'm not 30 any more. (For the record, I'm 46). So my body no longer does what I want it do just because I want it to do it.
Sigh.
I am trying to do a little more due stretching due to my tibialis anterior tendonitis foot stuff (and because I d -
Blog postThe 150-mile (over 6 days) Fire & Ice Ultramarathon is coming up in just 3 months.
So...I've run literally 1000s of miles in the last decade of racing/stupidity and except for a few minor falls, have never had any injuries.
But training with a backpack (weighing between 12-20 lbs) for the upcoming Fire and Ice. 250km Iceland's Toughest Foot Race in August changed my gait and how I strike the ground with my left foot.
And it hurt.
When it started hurting, I -
Blog postAugust 26-31 will find me in Iceland taking part of the Fire & Ice Ultramarathon.
150 miles over six days. Carrying my supplies with me (except for water and tent--the race staff provide that) The details. Five months out:
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Blog postI started 2018 basically fleeing Nepal (after our Everest trek), thankful to get my daughter out in one piece, and facing this fact: Man, I am capable of making some pretty dumb choices.
’Nuff said.
Professionally, 2018 was a huge year. I wrote 8 books, released 7. Four of those releases were with a traditional publishing company. The other three were through a publishing company I started because I realized I could make a lot more money doing it myself.
Of course, at -
Blog postI've been so very blessed to travel all over the world, and my adventures have undoubtably influenced my writing. Here is one of the most gorgeous places I've been... Capri, which is an island off the coast of Italy. This is a shot from a boat trip the fam and I took.
My trip to Capri influenced the character Joe Matarazzo, a millionaire playboy turned hostage negotiator in OVERWHELMING FORCE, part of my Omega Sector: Critical Response series. Joe has travelled to stunning locales (in -
Blog postDay 11-12 - GETTING HOME
To say the end of the trek didn't turn out the way we'd planned is a huge understatement. Even though it would've been difficult physically, I wish we could've all hiked the full three days back down. Although the going down isn't as life-altering as the going up, it's still an important part of the journey. . . it gives you a chance to process exactly what you've accomplished, to realize you have so much to be proud of. A victory to celebrate.
Not to -
Blog postDay 9-10 - It’s All Fun And Games Until Someone Has To Be Medevac-ed Off The Mountain
Aka: This is why you buy trip insurance
Aka: And then there was one
Aka: What’s that smell? Oh, never mind, it’s just me... Day 10 with no shower
So we made it to Everest Base Camp intact but we didn’t all leave that way. Not only had the journey taken a very hard physical toll on us all, Base Camp itself was a highly emotional place, particularly for Megan and Kendra who were
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